Always demand a blue light cystoscopy with Cysview

Care to link the studies which shows no difference? Ive only read the ones which shows 25-30% higher detection rate, but I would be really interested to know if it really isnt superior. Is it really that more expensive after the new reimbursement in 2019?

links to some studies:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23602406
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25496450

I agree with Sara. Moreover, I read that the blue light can also give rise to false positives as it is easy to confuse a normal fabric
inflamed with cis, so most urologists in Europe prefer white light.
So much the Cis if there is and is extended will result from the histological and in the majority of the cases it will not be possible to remove it with the turv but only with the bcg.

Some scientific studies indicate that "Blue Light" cystoscopy is somewhat better than the usual and others have found no difference. The company that markets it is doing a great job of salesmanship for their expensive product. The jury is still out.

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